Means for mounting advertising placards on publicly displayed devices



1958 J. H. SALYERS ET AL 2,822,634

MEANS FOR MOUNTING ADVERTISTING PLACARDS ON PUBLICLY DISPLAYED DEVICESFiled May 8. 1956 v INVENTORS.

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United IVIEANS FOR MOUNTING ADVERTISING PLAC-' Our. invention relates toa novel arrangement for mounting advertising matter suchaspaperboard:placards or signs.

More specifically our invention relates to an arrange ment for aflixingadvertising placards to television re ceivers, vending machines, clocks,record players and other devices such as commonly encountered iii-publicplaces and which comprise cabinets protecting vulnerable partsofi thedevices.

An important object of our'inventioii is to providean" arrangementwhereby advertising placards maybe demountably afiixed to such publiclydisplayed devices, the arrangement being advantageous in that placardsmay be: conveniently. and expeditiously mounted and dc mounted asdesiredwithout damage to the cabinets ofthe devices.

An equally important object of our invention is to. provide anarrangement as above set forth which is extremely inexpensive to produceand' which also is ad vantageous inthat-it is simple and expeditious toemploy.

Another object of our invention is to provide'an ar rangernent-asaboveset forth comprising placard supporting-elements aflixed to thecabinet of a public device and adapted to coact with fastening meansserving to'm'ount' placards, the arrangement being advantageous'in thatthe placard supporting elements or panels thus serve asmount ings forplacards and as various placards are afiixed thereto or removedtherefrom, no damage is imparted to the cabinet ofthe device involved;

Still another object of our invention is to provide an arrangement asjust above set forth and wherein. the placard supporting elements ared'etachably afliXed to the cabinet by'meansofa clamping device, thearrangement being surprisingly'effica'cious in' that the placardsupporting elements may' be conveniently afli'xed' to or removed fromthecabinet without marring or damaging the; surfaces thereof:

Other objects andadvantages of" our invention will be apparent with;art-understanding of: the ensuing description.

Referring-'now'to the'drawings', wherein like parts are indicated bylike reference numerals throughout the various figures:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view illustrating an exemplaryembodiment of our invention as adapted for use with a televisionreceiver.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is an elevational view taken from the right side of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detailed perspective view showing a placard supportingelement.

Figure 5 is a similar view showing a modified placard supportingelement.

Figure 6 is a front elevational view showing still another modifiedplacard supporting element.

Figures 7 and 8 illustrate a further modified arrangement of parts.

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Figure-9 is-a-sectionalwiew illustratinga suitable type ofcable'wh'ichmay be'employed, and

Figure-1 04s asmall scale front elevational view some what diagrammaticin character'and illustrating" our in; vention aswadapted for'use with acabinet comprising: a convex-1y curved surface;

With reference now to Figures 1 through 5 of the? draW ings, we haveillustrated a preferred embodiment of our invention wherein: aconventional television receiver ha'ving atpicture screen 15 and'control knobs I6 is mount edwithin a rectangular cabinet'17 comprising abottom panel 18 and: atop panel 19 joined by sidewall panels 20 a'nd.21.

In various public places it is common practice to ex hibit. such atelevision receiver by placing it upon a suitable and' usually elevatedsupport, such as a table or shelfgenerally indicated in dotted lines at22. In addition it i's also common practice, or it is readily permissible, to so position the receiver that its front face 23 extendsforwardly of, or overhangs, the front edge 24 of 'the supporti2-2, asshown in Figure 3. The foregoing description with reference to thedrawings is all well k no'wfi in the' art andformsno part of ourinventi'onas will! readily be understood.-

However, and in accordance with the concepts of our invention we providethe cabinet 17 with placard supporting elements 25, 26, 27 and 28 of.substantial width arrangedas shown and respectively detachably aflikedto-the panels-1 8; 19 20and. 21. by virtue of a cable. 29' which; asshown" in-Figure 9, comprises a rubber cover ing 29z -to obviate marringof the cabinet and which cable surrounds the various supporting elementsarrangedabo'nt' the cabinet, the cable being highly tensioned by meansof a' turnbuckle or' the like 30, so as to-efiectively clamp-theplacardsupporting elements to the cabinet.- It= is:a feature'ofour'invention that the position of the cable is-in termediate thewidthof the placard supportsso thatthey will'be supported in non-rockingposition.

Referring briefly to Figure 2 the turnbuckle 30- com;- prises a mainbody portion 31 fitted withoppositely threaded screws 32' and 313 whichrespectivelyprovide eyes.34' and 35" to receive the ends of the:cable29.--' In attaching the placard supporting. elements tothe'cabin'et theends of the cable 29 are passed'throughthe eyes-of the turnbuckle andmanually. drawntaut whereuponth'e ends of-the cable are twisted or tiedso as to effect==a semi permanent attachment. With the cable thusinitially: engaging. the various placard supporting elements: themainbody portion 31 of the turnbuckle will be turnedto' draw the screws32 and 33 toward each other, thus sez verely tensioning the cablewhereby the placard supporting elements .are firmly and securely clampedto "the cabinet. 17 with no tendency to rock:

With reference to' Figure 4,. the'placard supporting elements 25 through28- maycomprise" rectangular? strips of white pine or other materialwhich may be readily cut to length, as may be convenient for attachmentto various sizes of cabinets, and is suitably adapted to receive thumbtacks or thin staples as may preferably be employed for mounting theadvertising placards. Each of the supporting elements is provided with apad 36 to obviate marring of the cabinet and the opposite side theretowill be medially and longitudinally grooved as at 37 to receive thecable 29, whereby the elements are retained in alignment with the frontface 23 of the cabinet.

The pads 36 may be of thin felt-like material or may comprise a suitablefriction imparting material such as rubber which aids to resistdisplacement of the elecents when placards are mounted or demounted.

With reference to Figure 5, the supporting element 26a is provided withan intermediate cut-out portion or recess 38 to receive the turnbuckleand to provide clearance therefor as the turnbuckle is rotated totension the cable. Figure 6 shows an alternate arrangement whereby theelement 26b has inclined end portions 39 and 40 anda cut-out portion 41to provide clearance for the turnbuckle 42. Figures 7 and 8'show afurther alternatemethod of providing clearance for the turnbuckle 43whereby the outer ends of the screws 44 and 45 are bent downwardly asshown, thus elevating the main body portion of the turnbucklesufficiently to allow rotation thereof.

It will be clear that our invention. is not limited to use of a'placardsupporting element on each side of a cabinet. Thus in Figure 7 thecabinet46 is provided with placard supporting elements 47, 48 and 49clamped in place by reason of the cable 29 tensioned by the turnbuckle43. This arrangement may be' employed where it may not be feasible toarrange the cabinet with its front face extendin forwardly of thesupport, the relatively small diameter of the cable passing beneath thecabinet being negligible in regard to appearance or operation of thedevice.

With reference to Figure 1, it will be apparent that the placardsupporting elements 25 through 28 need not extend fullyto the corners ofthe cabinet. In the ar rangement of Figure 7 however, the elements havebeen extended to meet at corners of the cabinet, the lengths of theelements being'a somewhat arbitrary matter inasmuch as the cabinet willnot be marred in either arrangement.

In Figure 1 of the drawings the placard supporting elements 25 through28 serve to mount placards generally indicated at 50, and which aremounted thereto by means of wire staples generally indicated at 51. InFigure 7 a placard as indicated at 52 may be aflixed as by thumb tacks53. Adhesive may of course, be employed for afiixing the placards butfor purposes of eX pediency we prefer the use of staples orthumb tacks.

It will be clear that the sizes and shapes of the placards as well asthe matter imprinted thereon form no part of our invention and variousmodifications thereof may be readily devised without departing from thescope of the appended claims.

' It will be readily apparent that by obvious modifications ourinvention is readily adaptable for use with devices comprising cabinetshaving curved surfaces. Thus with reference to Figure 10, a cabinet 54having a con vexly curved upper surface 55 may obviously be providedwith a similarly curved placard supporting element (not shown) fittedthereto. However, for purpose of expediency and inexpensive constructionwe prefer to use a straight placard supporting element 56, formed asabove described, and to employ short vertically disposed pieces 57 and58, which maybe quickly cut to length and positioned as shown, tosupport the outer ends of the element 56 as the cable 59is tensioned bymeans of the turnbuckle 60. The cable 59 serves to clamp the placardmounting element 56 firmly to the cabinet and also to retain the uprightpieces 57 and 58 in position.

In some modifications only a top panel may be provided in which event itis preferable to have the top panel of greater length than the width ofthe set as suggested in Figure 7. At the bottom corners we may providepad covered corner pieces which will hold the cable out from thecorners. The cable then, when it is tightened, will not mar the sidewalls of the set and a single advertising placard may be attached to thetop panel. r r

Various modifications and adaptations of our invention will readilyoccur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit ofour invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. An advertising display supporting device adapted for ready attachmentto television sets and the like comprising placard supporting panels ofsubstantial width having lengthwise grooves extending medially along theouter surfaces of the panels and a cable of sufiicient length to enclosethe top, side and bottom walls of the set with the panels in positionthereon,.and a turn buckle conveniently adjustable to tension the cableand clamp the panels in secure position whereby advertising displays maybe secured to the front walls of the panels, and said cable being coatedwith a resilient outer cover, said placard supporting panels havingtheir under surfaces coated with thin resilient material and one of theplacard supporting panels being recessed to receive the turn buckle.

2. An advertising display supporting device adapted for ready attachmentto television sets and the like comprising at least one supporting panelof substantial width having a lengthwise groove extending medially alongthe outer surface of the panel, said panel being of. greater length thanthe width of the set and a cable of sutficient length to enclose thetop, side and bottomwalls of the set with the panel in position thereon,said cable being received within the groove in the panel, and, a turnbuckle conveniently adjustable to tension the cable and secure the panelin firm position for the attachment thereto of advertising displays.

3. An advertising display supporting device as set forth in claim 2wherein the panel is recessed to receive the turn buckle.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS FranceJan. 22, 1934

